Two Separate Boating Accidents Leave Victims In Shock Trauma

Two boaters were taken to Shock Trauma after separate incidents on Sunday.

Natural Resources Police say a Carole Eagleson, a 55-year-old Edgewater woman, was injured when the boat she was riding in struck a mark on Rhode Creek in Anne Arundel County. Police say the woman went flying and hit the boat's dash and windshield area, leaving her her badly injured. She was flown to R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma where she is listed in stable condition with non-life threatening injuries.

In a separate accident in Queen Anne's County, authorities say Donald Richmond Johnson, a 79-year-old man from Virginia, was critically injured when his wooden boat struck a pier piling during a non-sanctioned race. He was ejected from the boat and rescued by race spectators, who called 911. He was flown to R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma where he is listed in critical condition on Sunday night.